Cattle owners in Kumasi have been put on high alert to increase oversight over their livestock.
The Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi, has issued a strong warning to cattle owners who leave their cattle to roam unsupervised in the central business district.
According to him, effective May 1, cattle found straying in the city will be slaughtered, and used to feed inmates at the Kumasi Central Prison.
“There is another thing I will want you to help me look at. If you have cattle and if they stray in the vicinity of KMA, be assured that from May 1, they will be killed and given to Kumasi Central Prison for food. Especially the route from the airport through to Manhyia Palace.
“I cannot sit for visitors come to Kumasi [and] from the airport to Manhyia, and all they see are faecal matter from cattle.”
Addressing a news conference in Kumasi, the Mayor said the decision is a response to the growing problem of cattle roaming freely and disrupting public life—an issue he described as unworthy of the city’s stature.
He urged all herders to keep their animals out of the metropolis to avoid severe consequences.
He also gave traders selling on pavements a two-week ultimatum to move from these places.
Explaining his new choice of enforcement, the Mayor indicated that conventional enforcement measures, such as confiscating goods and making arrests, have proven ineffective, necessitating a more direct approach.
“I have my own military-democratic style which I will be implementing. When we say leave the space, and you don’t leave the space, and I get there with my boys, we will beat you.”
“In the middle of Adum, if I’m alone, you will be lucky, but if I’m with my ten boys, in their pick-up with their whips, trust me, we will beat you. If you don’t want to experience that kind of situation, do what is right and lawful.”
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Newly appointed Kumasi Mayor Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi has warned that stray cattle roaming the city will be seized, slaughtered, and used to feed inmates at the Kumasi Central Prison starting May 1.
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